Communists Accuse New ‘Indiana Jones’ Movie of Anti-Soviet Propaganda
By VOA News
24 May 2008
Some Russian Communist Party members are calling for the latest Indiana
Jones movie to be banned in Russia, saying it is crude, anti-Soviet
propaganda.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the fourth movie in the
Indiana Jones series, stars actor Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, an
archaeologist in 1957 battling KGB agents for a skull with mystic powers.
The film opened in Russia Thursday in more than 800 theaters, but members of
the Communist Party in St. Petersburg charge its portrayal of the Soviets
unfairly distorts their role in history.
One Communist Party member Andrei Gindos called Ford and his co-star, actress
Cate Blanchett, "running dogs of the CIA" (U.S. Central Intelligence
Agency). He also said they should be barred from entering Russia.
In the first three Indiana Jones movies, the fictional archaeologist battled
Nazis and an evil Indian cult.
Some information for this report was provided by Bloomberg and Reuters.